Malvaceae
Abelmoschus

Abelmoschus angulosus Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 53 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pakistan to W. Malesia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Thailand 14(2): 185-358. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1997). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 11: 1-420. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chayamarit, K. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Thailand 14(2): 185-358. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 13, 1994 Thwaites, G.H.K. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000659954 Type Yes
Oct 13, 1994 Thwaites, G.H.K. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000659958 Type Yes
Oct 13, 1994 s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000659955 Type Yes
Oct 13, 1994 Thwaites [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000659956 Type Yes
Oct 13, 1994 Thwaites [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000659957 Type Yes
Oct 13, 1994 Thwaites, G.H.K. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000659953 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1959 Griffith [s.n.] India K000659952 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 1959 Law, J.S. [s.n.] India K000659949 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 1927] India K000832600 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schmidt [202] India K000659950 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [202] India K000659951 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0